The Ministry of Transport did not receive a letter with a list of countries for air traffic

This was reported by TASS with reference to a representative of the agency.

“We haven’t received it yet,” the ministry said.

RBC, citing a copy of the letter, reported that the deputy head of Rospotrebnadzor Mikhail Orlov sent to the Ministry of Transport and the Federal Air Transport Agency a proposal to resume air traffic with 13 countries at the first stage.

As noted, we are talking about the UK, Germany, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Finland. In addition, the letter proposes to resume flights with China, Vietnam, Mongolia and Sri Lanka.

Earlier, the Russian operational headquarters to combat COVID-19 supported the idea of ​​resuming international air traffic in two stages.

Vice-President of the Russian Union of Travel Industry Yuri Barzykin in an interview with Nation News commented on the plan for the phased resumption of international flights in Russia.